There wasn’t transport available for the mace and nutmegs due to the loss of
the Steenhoven, sloop Nagelboom and tanjongpoera Reetje. The Leiduin, which
sailed via Macassar, and the Beekvliet, which directly towards Banda, were
ordered for this purpose. Five useless orembaaien were sold for 430
rijksdaalders. Ships might only be sold with approval of Batavia. The master of
the pantjalang Darouw was ordered to threaten the civilians of Matabella with
displeasure of the company. Selling by them of some Amboynesians to Cerammers
caused this. Due to the fact of the loss of the Steenhoven the distribution of
bacon and meat was 50% decreased. The Lastdrager was repaired and sent back.
There was a request for more sloops for patrolling, it was only possible to
sent a boat of 50 feet
length to be used as water supplier and a 8 rows barge. The last year became
the unloading of ships a large problem due to lacking boats. This caused a late
departure of the Ananas. The sloops Reuk, Steenbok and Europa were broken up.
It was ordered to look well after the boats to avoid large costs as for the
sloops Lastdrager and Nagelboom, namely fl. 22.388; both sloops belonged to the
factory Amboyna.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 809-812.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 809-812.
